Marjorie van Heerden

Marjorie van Heerden (born October 8, 1949) is a South African writer and illustrator of children’s books. Since the publication of her first children’s picture book in 1983, van Heerden has been published as illustrator or writer/illustrator in 33 languages in Africa, Britain, Europe, the East, Canada and the USA.

Biography

Born in De Doorns to Alex and Marina van Niekerk (née Botha), Marjorie grew up on a table grapes farm outside De Doorns in the Hex River Valley near Cape Town in South Africa. She matriculated from Rustenburg Girls’ High School in Cape Town in 1967, studied Fine Art for one year at Stellenbosch University and then went to the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town for three years.

In 1973 she married Johann van Heerden and they have two children. The family is widely travelled, having lived for a year in Evanston, Chicago. From 1989 to 1999 they lived in Johannesburg and from 1999 to 2003 in Athens, Greece. Since 2003 the couple has been living in Gordon's Bay village on False Bay outside Cape Town.

In 2003 van Heerden started the South African chapter of the international Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), based in Los Angeles. In 2000 she and a friend also started the SCBWI chapter in Greece. She is currently the co-regional advisor of the South African chapter.

Awards and honors

Awards Marjorie van Heerden has won for her work include the 2011 W.B. Mkhize Award, given annually by the Usiba Writers’ Guild, for the Zulu version of Lulama’s long way home (Uhambo LukaLulama Olude), a picture book she wrote and illustrated, published by Giraffe Books, an imprint of Pan MacMillan. In 2012, Marjorie and author Alex D’Angelo won the M.E.R. Award (one of the Media24 Books Literary Awards) for the best illustrated children’s book published in South African during the previous year (2011) – they won for Goblin Diaries: Apprenticed to the Red Witch, published by Tafelberg Publishers (SA). This was the second time she had been awarded this prestigious award - the first time was in 2008 when she won it with author Wendy Hartmann for Nina and Little Duck, published in 2007 by Human & Rousseau (SA).

Children's books

As writer and illustrator

Die een groot bruin beer (Afrikaans), 1984.
A tiger took me to the circus, 1986.
Father Christmas needs help (a Peanutbutter story), 1987.
Old enough (a Peanutbutter story), 1987.
A Monster in the garden (a Peanutbutter story), 1987.
Looking for a friend, 1988.
Goodnight, Grandpa, 1990.
A new bed for Alexia, 1992.
Lana’s long way home, 1993.
Monde’s Present, 1997.
The Adventures of Phepa and Itumelang, 2006.
The Authentic, Unusual, Alarming, Actual, Factual, Story Book, 2006.
Lulama’s Long Way Home, 2007.

As illustrator

Cecilia Saayman, Soetlemoen en Nartjie (Afrikaans), 1983.
Jenny Seed, Katie in die Goudvallei (Afrikaans), 1983.
Rena Schüler, Natie se Jubeljaar (Afrikaans), 1984.
Lesley Beake, Harry went to Paris, 1989.
Brenda Kali, The Story of Buddha, 1994.
Michelle Holloway, Chloe’s Granny, 1995.
Dorian Haarhoff, The Guano Girl, 1995.
Thomas A. Nevin, The Mantis, the Girl and the Flowers of Namakwaland, 1995.
Thomas A. Nevin, The Zebra and the Baboon, 1996.
Ann Taylor, Baby Dance, 1999.
Voula Mastori, In the Wizard's Hands (in Greek), 2000.
Vangelis Eliopoulos, The Three Teapots (in Greek), 2000.
Katherine Paterson, The King’s Equal (the Greek translation), 2001.
Louise Smit, Professor Fossilus en die Dinosourusse (Afrikaans), 2004.
Wynand Louw, Mr Humperdinck’s Wonderful Whatsit, 2004.
Arnold Rust, The Haunted Valley, 2004.
Leon de Villiers, Ek en My Monster (Afrikaans), 2004.
Nick Paul, Uncle James and the Delicious Monster, 2005.
Gill Munton, Explorers 3: Yeti Comes to Town, A Chinese folk tale, 2007.
Dianne Steward, Folktales from Africa, 2007 and 2015.
Raffaelle Delle Donne, San Tales from Africa, 2007.
Wendy Hartmann, Nina and Little Duck, 2007.
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (the Afrikaans translation by André P. Brink, Die Avonture van Alice in Wonderland), 2010.
Alex D’Angelo, Goblin Diaries: Apprenticed to the Red Witch, 2011.
Ingrid Vander Veken (translated by Antjie Krog), Sam: ’n Ware verhaal van ’n dogtertjie en haar olifant, 2012.
Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang, Numbers Do, 2012.
Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang, Ears Hear, 2012.
Sunita Lad Bhamray, Grandma Lim’s Persimmons, 2013.
Kiara Soobrayan, Blossoms of Scarlet, 2013.
Jim Henry, The Adventures of Willy Nilly and Thumper (Book 1), 2015.
Leon Rousseau, StorieMuis Omnibus (Book 1), 2015.
Leon Rousseau, StorieMuis Omnibus (Book 2), 2015.

Educational books

As writer and illustrator

21 low-cost picture books for the Ntataise Trust, SA, 1994.
The Chicken Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Donkey Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Rabbit Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Owl Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Mouse Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Dog Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Zebra Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Monkey Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Goat Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Snake Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
The Cat Book (Bright Books, Grade One series), 1997.
Baobab, 1998.
Frog, 1998.
The Spring Book (Bright Books, Grade Two series), 1998.
The Winter Book (Bright Books, Grade Two series), 1998.
The Autumn Book (Bright Books, Grade Two series), 1998.
The Summer Book (Bright Books, Grade Two series), 1998.
The authentic, true-to-life, unusual, alarming, actual, factual book (Bright Books Reader & Activity Book), 1998.
Cave, 1998.

As illustrator

Marjorie van Heerden et al., Baba’s Plan, 1990.
Philip de Vos, Warrelwind se Kind (Afrikaans), 1994.
Philip de Vos, Giere en Grille (Afrikaans), 1994.
Philip de Vos, Sproete en Snoete (Afrikaans), 1994.
Sarah Murray & Rod Ellis, The old Man and his Hat, 1995.
Various authors, Thuli’s Mattress, 1996.
Ray Leitch, Nomathemba’s Fire, 1996.
Sue Guthrie, Mkulu and the Spider, 1996.
Chris Wildman & Fatima Dike, Look what I can do, 1998.
Sally Ward, Dorothy’s Visit, 1998.
Afari Assan, Adefe and the Old Chief, 1999.
Kathy Luckett, Sylve Sandalls & Nombulelo Sikhosana, Does your father snore?, 1999.
Beata Kasale, Treasure in the Garden, 2001.
Wendy Flanagan, I am HIV Positive, 2004.
Abby Wood, The Gardener’s Secret, 2004.
David Donald, Camp in the Wild, 2004.
Di Steward, The Monkeys in the Trees, 2005.
Maggie Bizzell, What Was That?, 2005.
Nola Turkington, Alone with Jackals, 2007.
Margaret Mckenzie, Saving the Planet – 10 things you should know, 2008.
Blessings Musariri, Secret of Rukodzi Mountain, 2008.
Nicole Levin, The Jungle Box, 2008.
Mark Patrick, Today my doctor told me, 2009.

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